At the start menu, press L1 to reset your profile. Note the three rows of scrolling words. Press X to change the word that appears in the top row. A different word will appear each time X is pressed. The word in the middle row seems to be random each time the menu is entered. The word in the bottom row is always "Deception". At this time, no known effect has been noticed by doing this, but it may be related to the rumored "Super Unlockables" in the game.

Stage selection

At the character selection screen in versus or practice mode, press R1 to choose your battle stage.

Alternate costumes

At the character selection screen, press Start to choose your character's alternate costume. Note: You may first need to unlock the costume in the Krypt.

Random opponent selection

Enter practice mode and choose Scorpion. Then, highlight any opponent character on the top row and hold Up + Select for about five seconds.

Grabbing weapons

Go to Kombat mode then go to a level with a weapon. Then, press L2 near the weapon to pick it up. There will be a green square around the object to indicate that it is a weapon.

Easy wins

When fighting anyone except for Scorpion, press Up(3), Down, Up, Down, Circle(2), Triangle, Square(2). The opponent cannot block the move and it will take about half of their life away.

Easy fatalities

Go to a chess match. Once there and fighting, kill the opponent's leader with whoever you want to do the fatality with. If you defeat him or her, a fatality will automatically happen. Additionally, go to practice or arcade mode and pick Shujinko. Then, go to the Slaughter House level. When the match starts, knock your opponent down into the basement of the Slaughter House. Next, get on your opponent's side so that you are moving them back toward the death trap. Make sure not to push them all the way back. Next, pop them up into the air with Away, Triangle(2). Then, while in the air, do Liu Kang's Bicycle Kick. The last kick should send your opponent flying through the air and into the death trap. Once your opponent has been diced up into little pieces of flesh, it should say under your name. 13 Hits, 127% damage. You should have two hits from the pop-ups and ten from the bicycle kick making that 27% damage, and one from the death trap, which automatically kills your opponent and gives you 100% damage. Note: You must have Liu Kang's Bicycle Kick from Konquest mode.

Double death

Start versus mode with a friend. Select Falling Cliffs as your area of Kombat. Then, choose any two characters. Let the match begin. You will soon see that it is a circular platform, and that layers around the edges will begin to fall off every twenty to thirty seconds. Make sure that you and your friend are on a layer of an edge that will break off the platform. Once it breaks off, both characters will fall off the platform (just like when your punch or kick someone off). You will see both of the characters land on stone spikes. The one with the least health will lose the match, but both of your health bars will go down to 0. Also, If your both fall off the same time and have full health, player one will always be the winner of that match.

Ashrah puzzle fighter

Start a puzzle match with any character. At the loading screen, you will see Ashrah as a puzzle fighter fighting Ermac, but she is not selectable as a character in puzzle mode.

Hotaru puzzle fighter

Begin a puzzle match with any character. During the loading screen, you should see Scorpion fighting Hotaru in a puzzle match. Notice that Hotaru is not a selectable character for puzzle mode.

See old characters

Stay in the Krypt and move around for a while to see old characters such as Goro and Sheeva.

Sapphire Koins

After you complete Konquest mode, go to Orderrealm and find Movado walking around the central pyramid. He is dressed in all black. Complete his mission to get 500 Sapphire Koins. You will also get 500 Sapphire Koins each additional time you speak to him.

Getting Koins

In Konquest mode, characters that appear with a puff of smoke will hand over a very large sum of Koins. For example, Motaro will give you 1200 Gold Koins.

In Konquest mode, many characters will ask you to do missions for them, usually fetch-type tasks. Completing these missions usually will result in a good sum of Koins.

In Konquest mode, use Punching as a tool to get different responses from characters. For example, Mocap in Chaosrealm will say "Ow my balls". Also, punching certain characters will make them drop Koins.

If you have already completed Konquest mode, unlocked the graves in the Krypt with everything you have collected, and there are no more Koins to get in Konquest, create a new profile. Get all the Koins you need. Then, start a two player versus game. Load both profiles and press R1 to wager the desired Koins. You now no longer have any use for the second profile. Delete it, and continue.

Bypass Netherrealm bridge guard before completing Konquest mode

Take Netherrealm Kamidogu to the Nexus, then return to Netherrealmand. Push Ermac all the way to the bridge. Push him into the bridge guard. You can now run past the guard or enter training with Ermac then quit training, and be on the other side of the bridge.

Defeating the Dragon King

If you use Liu Kang against the Dragon King, all of Liu Kang's attacks will do double damage.

Defeating Onaga

One way to defeat Onaga is to get far away from him. He will either do a stomp attack or a fireball. Jump when he does the stomp and just evade the fireball. After a short time he will come after you. If you have any strong attacks, get ready. When he comes after you, you can usually get in a good shot or two. After hitting him, jump back quickly to avoid the punches or being grabbed. Try to stay close to the statues, but be careful. Shujinko's (Liu Kang's) Bicycle Kick works very well when he comes after you, and use sword attacks when he gets close. After awhile of playing, you can learn his patterns and better prepare yourself.

The Dragon King's arena is bordered evenly by all six pieces of the Kamidougu. The most effective way above all to defeat Onaga with any character is to back away from him, leaping over any ground attacks or projectiles he uses, then lure him towards the edge. Collecting a Kamidougu piece will stun Onaga for two seconds and even subtract from his health. Take advantage of this opportunity by unleashing your character's longest and most damaging combo, then back away when finished. Repeat this process using another Kamidougu icon. The most strategic way to do this is to aim for a back-to-back win, preserving three Kamidougu pieces for round one and the other three for round two. Additionally, if you use Liu Kang against the Dragon King, all of Liu Kang's attacks will do double damage.

Destroy all Kamidogos on round one. Use your character's longest combo from the first stance to the last stance, which is the weapon. Immediately after finishing your combo, press L1 and start the combo again. Repeat this combo until Onaga has been defeated.

Defeating Scorpion

When fighting Scorpion at the end of the game, continually strafe around him to dodge his specials, then attack when he has finished an attack of his own and is vulnerable. Also, try to save your Breakers, but use them when necessary.

The following trick is a very easy way to defeat the CPU, especially Scorpion for Shujinko's Spear move. Confront Scorpion and exit until you can fight him as Baraka. Do the "Mutant Blades" move and the "Chop Chop Blades" move every time he gets back up. You may need to switch up the rotation of the two specials, but the "Mutant Blades" move (Forward, Forward, X) works most of the time when he is just getting back up. When you think he is going to attack at close range, then use the "Chop Chop Blades" move (Down, Up, X). Save the game, go to the difficulty option, and set it on the easiest. This works because he is constantly healingm and if he hits you, he takes 300% damage.

Two Kiras

You must be half-way through Konquest mode to see this. When you are in Earthrealm and are out of the village and into the field , there will be some forests somewhere. Go to them after 6:00 p.m. If you go before that time, you will not see her. Go to a certain one (she sometimes appears somewhere else) and wait. You will soon see her just standing there, doing nothing. Then, go to the Chaosrealm and look in the graveyard. She will be walking around talking to herself because she does not know her identity.

Two Rains, two Jades, one Rain

In Konquest mode, in Edenia, find Rain. He will give you a mission to find a cave. Do as he says and find the cave at G-8. Once you are there, you will see a tent with Jade and two bodyguards on each side of her. She will reward you if you tell Rain about the cave so that she can ambush him. Go back to the place where you found Rain. Tell him about the cave and he will pay you about 300 to 600 Koins. Before he runs off to the cave, quickly punch him. This will make him stay in the same place instead of running to the cave. Then, go back to the cave where Jade is located. You will see Jade outside of the cave, with Rain on the ground by her side. Talk to her, and she will reward you. Then, go back to the tent inside of the cave, and she will be inside. Then go, to where you found Rain. He will not be there. Note: Once you finish the cave mission try to get a good angle so you can see the Jade next to Rain and the Jade at the tent at the same time.

After you finished Konquest mode, go back to the Netherrealm. Before you move, press R1, which brings up a map of the realm. Go to the center of the realm to where you did the mission for Scorpion with catching Quan Chi. From there, go right until you see another platform smaller then the one in the center. You will see three people: Kabal, Kobra, and Kira. If you defeat them all, you will get a reward. When you fight Kabal, you will fight him in Dark Kombat. Make sure you get Kenshi as a good selection. Use his weapon and keep using his four hit combo (X, X, Triangle, Triangle). Then, fight Kobra. He is difficult to defeat. Each time he hits, you will lose one third or one half of your health. Try to use a long combo and dodge as much as you can. Try using Shujinko. When the match starts, let him attack you first, but make sure to dodge him and kick him in the air twice (Up, Circle) before he falls to the ground. Do his Hardcore combo listed under the Mantis style of fighting. After you have finished the combo, you should have gotten at least nine or ten hits in on him. Once you have killed him, go on to Kira. She is the most difficult of all of them. When you fight her, you are bleeding to death and she likes to block frequently. Make sure you get Baraka, Darrius, or Ashrah as a selection. If you are Darrius and the match starts, do your Tricky Kick. When you hit her, press L1(2) during the move so that you will have your Gauntlets on. If she blocks one of them, press Square, Triangle, Circle(3). This should stun her for awhile and allow you to get in another Tricky Kick. Do this until you kill her. If you are Baraka, hit her as soon as the match starts with Toward(2), X, which is one of Baraka's special moves. Then, quickly get close to her and press Away, X(2), which should pop her up into the air. While she is in the air, press X(2), Triangle, Square(2). This should hit her about six or seven times. Repeat this to defeat her. If you are Ashrah, quickly dodge one of her attacks then press, Up, Circle, to pop her up into the air. While she is in the air, press Triangle(2), Square, R1, X, Away, X. You will hit her about seven or eight times. Keep doing this until you defeat her. Once you have defeated Kabal, Kobra, and Kira, a portal will open, similar to the portal when you open it with a Kamidogu. Go through the portal and you should be back at the beginning of the realm. You should also see a chest with gold trim. Open it to get your reward. Note: All chests with gold trim have something to do with the characters. However, this chest is different from all the others. All your hard work has paid off with 1,000 Onyx Koins.

Havik

Havik can be found in a treasure chest in a house in the Chaosrealm at H-4.

Hotaru

After you have been captured and become an old man, or anytime after you have finished Konquest mode, go to Orderrealm, H-1. There a long bridge, and when it forks, take the fork until you can go no further. Meditate until the chest appears. Note: Whenever Meditation is used, always give it a full day for the chest to appear.

Kira

Kira can be found in a beach house treasure chest on Earthrealm, at H-2.

Li Mei

After you are caught by Kano in Outworld, she is in a house in F-7. You will see her as soon as you walk in, and she will disappear leaving you the key.

Liu Kang

Successfully complete Konquest mode. After the credits, go back into Konquest mode and go to Edenia. One you have reached Edenia, go towards G-8. It is a small mountain path that leads to a tent. Meditate behind the tent until it is Thursday night at 11 p.m. and wait until 12 midnight. A chest should appear, now that it is 12 a.m. Friday morning. Open it, and the key to Tomb OT will be yours, which unlocks Liu Kang.

Lui Kang's alternate costume

Go to Edenia H-5. It can only be found at 12 p.m. on the first of each month. Use R2 to auto target a full list of Koffins to find it.

Lui Kang passes through wall

Go to Edenia. Go to where Lui Kang is found during the night. Go to the left of the building and you can go behind it. Wait until about 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. You should see him pass through the wall. He will walk into the rock face, then return and go through the wall again. Also, you will see another person walk through it at 10:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Mocap

In Orderrealm, there is a person who walks in the place near the most outer circle of the city. He is wearing motion capture clothes (used in movie and game production to create computerized characters). The costume has dots all over a blue background and covers everything except for his face. You cannot talk to him, but if you punch him he drops a key for a fighting style video.

Raiden

After you finish Konquest mode, go to the Orderrealm, and go to E-3. Face Raiden to earn the key. You must have already finished Konquest mode or he will give you nothing but money.

Raiden's Stronger Sparky combo

Do the normal combo until the Circle, Up, Square portion. Instead of those buttons, press Circle, X. Do not wait to press X; press it immediately after Circle. This will make your opponent bounce in the air, allowing you to continue your combo. When your opponent is at the same level as Raiden's head, press Circle as many times as possible. This will give you a 12-hit combo and sometimes 40% damage. You can use this on Johnny Cage when you must do a 12-hit combo.

Greater side with Shujinko

When you face your opponent and do not like the side that your character is on, press the following to get on the other side safely while doing damage to your opponent. Press Up, Circle in the Mantis style. While in the air, quickly do Sub-Zero's Freeze move. At this time, your opponent should be up in the air. Then, if you froze your opponent high enough into the air, do Li Mei's Sliding Grab Kick. Shujinko should be able to slide under your opponent. Once you get to the other side, you should have enough time to pull off a big combo, Scorpion's Spear, or Liu Kang's Bicycle Kick.

Power combos with Shujinko

Note: You must have all or most of Shujinko's moves. First, make sure you are in Mantis. To start, use Sub-Zero's Freeze move to get a free shot in. While your opponent is frozen, press Away, Triangle for a pop-up attack. While in the air, do Scorpion's Spear. At this time, your opponent has hit the ground and the Spear has hit him, allowing you to continue the combo. Once you bring him toward you, press Square(2), Triangle, Away, Triangle. This should pop up your opponent in the air again. Next, do Ermac's Telekinetic Slam. Your opponent should bounce back to you. Before he hits the ground, press Square(3), L1, Triangle, Circle, X. After doing this, you should have performed an unseen combo which should give you 15 hits and about 35% damage. The second way to do this is as follows. The second combo is the same as the first, except instead of doing the Telekinetic Slam, do Liu Kang's Bicycle Kick. This would make it also 15 hits and about 35% damage. If you are lucky enough, when on a death trap level, the Bicycle Kick could put them in the trap and kill them. In Mantis style, press Up + Triangle for the pop up, then execute Lei Mei's flip kick, and quickly do Lu Kang's Bicycle Kick afterwards for a 41% damage combo.

Sindel

In Konquest mode, go to the Netherrealm and head out to D-1. It should be a coliseum with lots of holes. Go straight back to the rock wall and meditate until the treasure chest appears. Note: Whenever Meditation is used, always give it a full day for the chest to appear.

Tayna

In Outworldrealm, go to the ice cave at A-3. There should be a wall blocking your path inside. Meditate, and the chest will appear in front of the wall after a short time. Note: Whenever Meditation is used, always give it a full day for the chest to appear.

Netherrealm language

The Netherrealm people talk backwards. To hear what they say, record the voices and play them in reverse. A few examples of what they say are: "Beware! Dimashi is the Dragon King!", "I am talking backwards, sucky isn't it?", "There are many realms", and "It is said that John Vogal is a genius".

Training mission locations

Ashrah: Netherrealm C-6

Baraka: Outworld G-4

Bo Rai Cho: Earthrealm C-4

Ermac: Netherrealm E-5

Havik: Chaosrealm G-4

Hotaru: Orderrealm G-4

Kenshi: Earthrealm B-4

Li Mei: Outworld G-8

Mileena: Outworld F-2

Nightwolf: Earthrealm D-5

Scorpion: Netherrealm F-3

Sindel: Edenia C-6

Sub-Zero: Earthrealm G-8

Other missions

Successfully complete the game to unlock other missions, as follows:

Dairou: Orderrealm A-3

Darrius: Orderrealm C-8

Jade: Edenia H-8

Kabal: Netherealm G-5

Kira: Chaosrealm A-3

Kobra: Chaosrealm H-7

Liu Kang: Earthrealm H-4

Noob-Smoke: Chaosrealm B-8

Raiden: Outworld F-2

Tanya: Edenia E

Fatality distances

Some fatalities must be done at a specific distance, as indicated below:

Close: As close as possible to opponent.

Sweep: From close, tap Away(2).

Outside Sweep: From sweep, tap Away once more.

Far: Full screen away.

Fatality distances can be solved by using this trick; press L1 as soon as you see the words "Finish Him" appear.